Rock of Ages Starts Filming in Miami with Tom Cruise and Alec Baldwin

Get out your Mickey Mouse autograph books out, star-fuckers. You might see Mexican heartthrob Diego Boneta (Rebelde), and  Dancing with the Stars champion Julianne Hough ’round the Magic City next month. This May, Rock of Ages, the film adaptation of the Broadway musical, begins production in Miami. Never heard of…

Interview Wisin y Yandel for MTV Tr3s, Eat Subway

Forget paying your dues as a music blogger, or even majoring in a relevant art like creative writing, breaking into the entertainment industry has never been easier. MTV Tr3s and Subway are looking for “unique personalities to join Wisin y Yandel on tour” as “guest correspondents” for Lo Que Te…

Art Basel Moves to Fort Lauderdale, WTF?

Art Basel Fort Lauderdale? Yuck. But if the rumors are true, art snobs from around the globe will have to familiarize themselves with the 9-5-4. Basel organizers are close to inking a multimillion dollar deal with the Fort Lauderdale Convention Center, which could land the popular art fair some 31…

Jamie Kennedy Is Ready for Hecklers at Miami Improv

Malibu’s most wanted, Jamie Kennedy, loves the 305. And on Friday, the veteran comic kicks off a three-day, five-show engagement at the Miami Improv. He’s out supporting his latest Showtime comedy special, Jamie Kennedy’s Uncomfortable, but promises fans at the Miami shows will get to hear new material. “(The special’s)…

Ultra Bingo: Vicks Inhaler!

People who use Vicks Inhalers are either (a) suffering from severe nasal congestion, or (b) rolling balls at Ultra Music Festival. Each year in March, we buy stock in Procter and Gamble, knowing very well that inhaler sales will skyrocket during the days leading up to the fest. And no,…

Ultra Bingo: Plastic Bracelets!

Ultra Music Festival is for lovers. We saw so many cute raver couples giving each other little back rubs and blowing kisses at one another while dancing to the beat of house music. Some shared water bottles by pouring ice-cold H20 over their heads. Others professed their love for each…

Steve Aoki at Ultra Music Festival 2011 Day Three, March 27

Steve Aoki Ultra Music Festival’s Live Stage Bicentennial Park March 27, 2011 Better Than: A Benihana chef’s onion volcano. If you’re a sucker for hibachi like I am, then you probably already knew that Steve Aoki comes from Japanese Steakhouse royalty. His old man, the late Rocky Aoki, founded the…

Ultra Bingo: Furry Boots!

If you’re at an all-day electro fest like Ultra Music Festival, then you have to dress the part. And this weekend, we saw it all. A dude dressed like Waldo, guys in latex, girls wearing little more than body paint, etc., etc., etc. But our favorite rave regalia accessory was…

Ultra Bingo: Yarn Hair!

Marley Fest and Ultra Music Festival — these two events have a lot in common. Both are in downtown Miami. Both attract an international crowd. And both are a safe haven for dreadlocks. At Marley Fest, the dreads are often genuine and found on smelly dudes. But at Ultra, they’re made of…

Ultra Bingo: Photographer!

SLRs are the new iPods. And whether you have press credentials or not, a detachable lens is the hottest accessory at Ultra Music Festival. Want to meet girls? Buy a camera. Want to sneak past security and into the photo pit? Buy a camera. Want to sweat your ass off…

The Shit Robot Show Explodes at the Vagabond’s Fixed Freakout

Last night at the Fixed Freakout, Marcus Lambkin’s Shit Robot Show made its Miami debut at the Vagabond in front of an ecstatic crowd of electro-poppers. Churning out reworked tracks from his back catalogue, the Irish-bred, Germany-based producer provided the perfect sonic nightcap after a day of fist pumping with…

Jump Around at LIV With House of Pain April 1

Jump around! House of Pain’s touring again. And on April 1, Everlast and Danny Boy are going to jump up, jump up, and get down with you at LIV. Earlier this month, two-thirds of Pain’s original lineup (DJ Lethal’s out working on a new Limp Bizkit record) kicked off a cross-country…

Shit Robot at the Vagabond March 25

This weekend, Bicentennial Park will be flooded by an international wave of beatmakers and pookie heads for Ultra Music Festival. But just a half-mile west of downtown’s loudest outdoor fiesta, Shit Robot will pop his Miami cherry Friday at the Vagabond, two days before hitting Ultra’s Heineken Dome. Marcus Lambkin,…

Heckle This!

Jamie Kennedy hates hecklers. And if you watched his 2007 documentary, Hecklers, you’d understand why. However, not a lot of people saw it, according to the 40-year-old comic, because after premiering at the Tribeca Film Festival, the doc fell under the radar and went straight to DVD. “There’s always going…